(Since our first event in 2011, NWAF has hosted 150 screenings — which showcased 1142 juried film selections. From late 1987 until the company merged with Delta Air Lines in early 2010, the last nonstop flight from Detroit to Phoenix was renumbered as Flight 261.In memory of the victims, a black granite memorial was erected in 1994; it stands (surrounded by On August 16, 2007, the twentieth anniversary of the crash, a memorial service was held at the site. For some people affected by the incident, it was their first return to the site since the crash.On August 16, 2012, the 25th anniversary of the crash, another memorial service was held at the crash site. The festival has been an enormous labor of love… And it’s time to say goodbye.But! bus and the CAWS unit. Within a mystical forest, two strange and star-crossed children meet for the first time — a girl of summer, a boy of winter. Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987, at about 8:46 p.m. EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), killing all six crew members and 148 of its 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground. Northwest Animation Festival, Portland, OR. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Takeoff Animation This animation explains normal takeoff proceedures and the accident scenario for Northwest Airlines Flight 255. The controller advised that there would be a 3-minute delay to allow the Flight 255 made its takeoff roll on Detroit's runway 3C at approximately 20:44:21, with Maus at the controls, as recorded on the aircraft's Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR):The plane lifted off the runway at 170 knots (200 mph; 310 km/h), and began to roll from side to sideThe flight crew and all but one of the passengers were killed in the crash.Eyewitnesses stated that Flight 255's takeoff roll was longer than usual and that the aircraft took off at a steeper angle. While the investigators felt that it was probable that the P-40 circuit breaker had been pulled by the pilot on the incident flight, they could not definitely confirm if the circuit breaker had been tripped, intentionally opened, or if electric current failed to flow through the breaker to the CAWS while the breaker was closed:"Because the P-40 circuit breaker was badly damaged during the accident, the Safety Board couldn't determine positively its pre-impact condition. NW Animation Fest showcases amazing short films from around the world in both Portland and Eugene, Oregon. It was so common for pilots to pull the P-40 circuit breaker that the area around the circuit breaker was smudged from routinely being manipulated. The festival has been an immersive animation holiday that superfans looked forward to year-round. "The investigators had talked with other MD80 pilots, and learned that many pilots found it a nuisance to hear a take off configuration warning ("Slats ... Slats... Slats....") while they were simply taxiing on the airport property. Three possible conditions would have caused power to be interrupted at the P-40 circuit breaker: the circuit breaker was intentionally opened by either the flight crew or maintenance personnel, the circuit breaker tripped because of a transient overload and the flight crew did not detect the open circuit breaker, or the circuit breaker did not allow current to flow to the CAWS power supply and did not annunciate the condition by tripping." A sci fi secret agent must defeat a band of monsters who have been abducting goldfish to power their ultimate weapon. The interruption of the input power to the CAWS occurred at the P-40 circuit breaker. The aircraft involved in the crash was a twin-engine Flight 255's captain was 57-year-old John R. Maus, from The flight's first officer was 35-year-old David J. Dodds, from The flight crew began August 16, 1987, by operating the incident aircraft as Northwest Flight 750 from At 20:34:40 the pushback tug was disconnected from the aircraft and at 20:34:50 the controller cleared Flight 255 to taxi to runway number 3C (center). There are two ways to enjoy NWAF’s Farewell Show. An artist desperately races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life. "The failure of the takeoff warning system was caused by the loss of input 28V dc. Brainchild of director Jeanette Bonds, GLAS has quickly become the USA’s new premiere animation event.